Lantern-hook.



No. 760,979. PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

B. P. GIBBS.

LA'NTERN HOOK.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.2. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 24, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

LANTERN-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part, of Letters Patent N o. 760,979, dated May 24, 1904.

Applicativi filed october z, 190s.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it lknown that I, BRYCE PRATT Grens, a citizen of the United States, residing atAda, in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, have invented a new and useful Lantern-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a hook designed especially for the use of railroad men and adapted to rhave a lantern hung thereon.

The object of my invention is a hook that can be quickly inserted into a wooden beam, side of a car, &c.,'and which is adapted to :hold any of the lanterns usually employed by railroad men.

In sealing cars at night, repairing, &c., it A vis impracticable to do the Work and at the same time hold a lantern, and there is not always a projection handy on which the lantern can be hung.v

It will be understood that While designed vfor the use of railroad men the hook can be used for other purposes and is especially titted for use where ahook is required for a short time only, as my hook can `be readily inserted in either hard or soft wood and as quickly .removed.

A further object of my invention is to pro- 'vide a hook having a removable point, so that when a point has become broken or'blunted a new point can be placed in position.

My invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my hook in horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the hook in vertical position, it being driven into the under side of a beam. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the handle, the point and Wire member being shown in elevation. Fig. tis a perspective view of the handle. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the parts forming the holder for the point. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the clamping member holding the parts shown in Figs. 5 and 6 together. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the point detached. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the wire member detached. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the Wrench used in Serial No. 175.494. (No model.)

turning the clamping member into locking position.

In Figs. l and 2 parts of a lantern are shown in dotted lines.

In the drawings, A represents a handle, preferably of iron or other suitable material and having adjacent its rear end a reduced portion A', the object of which will appear hereinafter. The rear end of the handle is blunt, affording a head which can be hammered upon in driving the hook into the wood. At its forward end there is formed a longitudinal, cylindrical, and threaded socket A2. The clamping member B has a threaded bore B', adapted to aline with the bore of the socket A2. On the exterior the clamping member is squared or angular, and at its inner end it has an outwardly-extending annular flange B2, the exterior diameter of which is slightly greater than the exterior diameter of the forward end of the handle. y

Fitting into the socket A2 is a cylindrical threaded plug O, having a square bore C2 formed in the outer end thereof, and the plug is longitudinally slotted, as shown at C. These slots are arranged at right angles to each other and extend inward beyond the inner end of the bore C2, which bore forms a socket for the shank of the point D. This point tapers toward its forward end, terminating in a sharp point, and intermediate the angular shank portion and the extreme point is a screw-threaded portion D.

The wire member E consists of a single piece of wire having a loop E formed at one end, which loop is adapted to encircle the plug C. This Wire is extended upwardly from the loop and is bent zigzag, as at E2,

thence bent downwardly to the portion E2,

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The parts of my hook are assembled as follows: The plug C is screwed a portion of its length into the socket A2 and the loop E of the wire member Eis placed over the projecting portion and brought to bear on the handle A. The shank of the point D is placed in the bore or socket C2 and the clamping member B screwed in place on the split end of the plug C and binding the parts of same firmly on the shank D, as shown in Fig. 3. The flange B2 is brought to bear on the loop E', binding the wire in place. It is obvious that by striking the point into the wood and hammering on the handle A with a rock, iron spike, or anything of like nature that may be handy the point may be driven in the wood, and by one or more turns of the handle the screw-threads will take hold in the wood and the hook be iirmly held in place without the necessity of driving it in very far, and it is obvious that`but a slight blow would be required to insert the point, and in soft wood it could be jammed in by the hand far enough for the threads to catch the wood. When forced in by hand, the thumb is placed against the rear end of the handle and the little linger engages the curved portion E4. The reduced portion A permits the handle to clear the rings of a lantern, as shown in Fig. 2. The handle of a lantern can be hung on the handle, litting in the reduced portion A', or the lantern may be hung as shown in Fig. .1, the wire member acting as a guard and serving to hold the lantern-handle in place. The bent portions oi" the wire member may also be engaged by the handle or encircling rings of a railroad-lantern. Itis obvious that with a hook of this kind a projection will be in position to engage some part of any lantern apt to be in use on a road no matter what position it may be necessary to put the hook in, as it will be understood that in railroad,

mine, and other Work it is often necessary to hang a light in a position where it would be inconvenient, if not impossible, to use a simple hook of vthe ordinary kind to advantage. It will also be obvious that the wire E can be bent in any form desired without changing my invention.

When the hook is not in use, it is hung to the lantern to one of the rims, to the handle, or any other convenient part of the lantern, the rim of the lantern being slipped under the curved portion E3 and being engaged by the zigzag portionEZ.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A lantern-hook of the kind described comprising a handle having a threaded socket, a plug having an angular vbore in its forward portion and split longitudinally through the length of said bore and beyond the rear end of the bore, a point having an angled shank adapted to fit in saidi bore, and a clamping member adapted to be threaded on. the split portion of the plug and bind same to the shank of the point.

2'. The combination with a suitable handle, of a plug carried by said handle, a wire member having a loop adapted to lit over the plug and bear against the forward end ofV the handle, said wire member extending rearwardly above the handle, a point adapted to be secured to the forward end of the plug, and a clamping member adapted to be threaded over the plug and bind the point and plug together and to bear against and hold in place the wire loop.

BRYCE PRATT GIBBS.

Witnesses v B. F. TALBoTT, T. E. BREN'rs, Jr. 

